A follow through day is a gain in major indexes for 1.25 % or more in high volume. The market did just that today.Â

IBD says this

The midterm election results and a 2.6% gain for the Nasdaq composite delivered a nice present for stock market bulls Wednesday. The Nasdaq 100 did even better, up 3.1%, helped by strong moves fromÂ FANG stocksAmazon.com(AMZN), up nearly 7%, and Netflix(NFLX), up 5%.

The Nasdaq composite followed through on the seventh day of its rally attempt as several top-rated growth stocks made explosive moves in the stock market today. The S&P 500 also followed through with conviction, and the Dow Jones industrial average surged also, both with gains of 2.1%.

lets look at if other stocks in S&P 500 are participating in the action yesterday .

Look at the chart below – 13 % increase in the number of S&P 500 stocks above their 50 days SMA!!

i have gotten into the market from all cash position yesterday.

Red flag Research shows that a distribution day in any of the first three sessions after a follow-through day can foretell a failed rally. A distribution day that comes later is easier for a rally to overcome. THE RISK DROPS OFF SHARPLY from the 6th day or so

Red flag 2 : top rated stocks action :: in early stages of new uptrend strong action of leading stocks is CRUCIAL. Top rated stocks should be breaking out of bases in big volume.

A confirmed uptrend can weather an occasional sell-off every week or two and still show the fight to keep rising.

It will not escape your attention that it is going down since 9/04/2018, a month before the actual crash!! and it drops down the 55 day SMA on 9/26 and stays down there and goes down for 10 days before the general market crash!!

FFTY is the growth stocks ETF. It is passively managed fund and tracks the IBD 50 – The best growth stocks in the market. the holdings are updated weekly

you see, Growth stocks break down about 2 – 2 1/2 times that of market. as the market is falling they hold up well for 3-4 days and are resilient. But they start collapsing the faster as the bear market sets in. Why? because market drops 4 times faster then it goes up – because markets climb the wall of worry and fall of the cliff.

Follow-through signals are more likely to fail if distribution days occur in the first few days of a new uptrend. This is one key red flag. A distribution day, which points to institutional selling, involves a drop of 0.2% or more in the Nasdaq or the S&P 500 in higher volume.

Generally, a distribution day within a few days of a follow-through leads to a failed rally. The risk drops off sharply after the fifth day.

A second red flag? In the early stages of a new uptrend, strong action among leading stocks is crucial. Top-rated stocks should be breaking out of bases in big volume. This is a clear sign that professional investors are stepping back in to buy stocks.